Improvement in apparatus for drawing and measuring oil



PATENT rEESOiAT tinpovEs, OE LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT |`N APPARATUS FORDRAWING AND NEASUPING ou.

Specification forming pai-t of Letters `Ifatent No. 107,951, dated October 4, 1870.

To @ZZ `1,071,017@ it` may concern:

Be it known that I, PERSON NOYES, of Lowell, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain "new and useful Improvements inthe Apparatus which is used for Storing,`])rawing. and vMeasuring Oils, of whichl the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents afront view, with afsec-` `tion of the floor between an upper and a lower room, the latter intended to represent the cellar beneath a building and the former the first room above. Fig. 2 represents a sectionalelevation on the line A B of Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a top view of Figul; and Fig. 4L, an end elevation, the floor B and the Supports B2 beneath the timbers being` also shown. Fig. 5 represents the oil.storingtank andthe case or cabinet connected, anda eask in position for emptying its contents into the storing-tank, a

dift'erent elevation ofthe ca'sk in its emptying position being shown in Fig. 3.

er,of fine wire-gauzefto arrest impurities and to prevent communication of flame to the oil in the tank. The oilfrom a cask isv emptied into the tank through the above-named spout by first introducing a tube or socket into the barrel bung-hole, and this socket is furnished with a stopple, which, when the cask is placed in position for emptying, is suddenly withdrawn by a cord, e, when the oilwillbe emptied `into the tank without `waste or loss.

In practice the. storing-tank `is preferably placed in a cellar, so asto exclude heat and light, either of whichrhas an injurious tendency or effect upon the oil, especially if it be i kerosene or other volatile oil or liquid, light 4being injurious by its effect to oxidize the oil and heat to cause more rapid evaporation, and consequently loss of the more volatile portions. In some instances where ,only a few gallons of oil are to be stored inthe main tank,

or oil whichl isnot of a volatile nature, but

such as is usedfor lubrication of machinery, and by `force of circumstances I place the cased fountain on the top of the storingtank, as seen in Fig. 5, andthen rollthe barrel up on the skids and empty the oil, as before described, and as seen in Fig.5, wherein I arrange the pump and all the other parts substantially as shown in the other gures.

When the storing-tank A is placed in a cool cellar, a pump, C, of suitable construction, is arranged Within said tank, and provided with a conducting and delivering tube, E, leading from the lower part of the pump-barrel outward, thence upward within and to near the top of a fountain, F, arranged in a case or cabinet situated in the room above the storingtank. rIhis case or cabinet consists of an upper and a lower compartment, each having a door or doors, as clearly shown in the drawings. The upper compartment contains the fountain above named, and below this is a measuring-space, G, into which depends a faui cet, H, for drawing Oil from the fountain. The lower part of the space G is a drippingpan, I, and leading from this pan is a wastepipe, K, which is intended to be directly underthe faucet, so as to catch the drip of Oil from the faucet, or oil running over a measure, or oil drawn from the fountain in emptying the latter, and return all such oil to the storing-tank immediately. The pump-rod L extends upward to near thetop of thelower compartment of the case above named, and on the side of this rod are gear-teeth, to receive the similar teeth of a segmentary gear, M, having a lever-handle, N, extending to the upper compartment. The segmentary gear is pivoted between stands c or tothe side of one such stand, and the pump is worked by the handle N to force oil upward into the fountain.

In the fountain last named I arrange a float, P, on an offsetrod or crank-lever, It, one end of which passes through the front of the fountain, and bears an indicator-hand or pointer, S, on the face of a semicircular scale. When the oil is pumped up into the fountain, the float P rises, and this turns the hand and indicates an approximate height of the oil in the fountain, not in an accurate degree of measurement, but simply to convey to the mind of the person about to draw and inea-sure oil whether or not the fountain contains suflicient oil to supply the quantity intended to be drawn at that time, or whether he should punip up a further supply in order to iill the required measure, which, in most or all of the States, is required to be a separate and a sealed Ineasure.

In the storing-tank A, I employ another oat-indicator, T, (shown in dotted lines in Figs. l and 4,) andthis iioathas arod, (c, which passes upward through the top ofthe tank A and through the iioor B against the face of a scale, D, secured to the upper case, as seen in Fig. 4. This indicator is only intended to show when the oil gets low in the storing-tank, or when it is nearly full, so that in filling it need not be run over.

rIhe front portion ofthe upper compartment or the upper portion of case or cabinet is formed into opening swinging doors, each provided with shelves b and d, on which to keep the measures used with the apparatus, and these deep doors are very convenient by inaking the Working parts easier accessible for pumping and measuring oil and for storage ofthe measures.

I claim as my invention- The tank A, provided with a float and register, in combination with apunip, C, deliverytube E, fountain I, provided with a faucet, II, and index S, and a waste-pipe, K, when all are arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

PERSON NOYES. XVitiiesses:

Crus. HUNT, JOHN E. CRANE. 

